Sam Schmidt, who has torn up racetracks nationwide in the newest generation of Arrow Electronics' semi-autonomous car, reportedly will receive the nation's first autonomous vehicle restricted driver’s license to drive a semi-autonomous vehicle at an event in Las Vegas on Wednesday. In May, Schmidt, who has been a quadriplegic since a testing accident at Walt Disney World Speedwayin 2000, bested his own record by reaching 152mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the SAM project's modified 2016 Corvette Z06, which boasts more than 200bhp more than the Stingray that it replaces. His previous best of 107 mph was set in 2014 at IMS. He has also driven the street circuit at the Toyota...
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